In May, a federal judge shot down the the NDAA because of the impact it could have on the First Amendment — you know, that fundamental civil liberty for which President Obama seems to have little regard. The Obama Administration is, of course, fighting the ruling in court because, as Lucy Steigerwald explains, not having the ability to detain people without formal charges for the entirety of an open-ended “war on terror” would hurt the United States.

Ben Swann, a Cincinnati-based news anchor, recently asked President Obama about his support of the indefinite detention provision. President Obama does explain that in signing statement he promised not to use the power to detain United States citizens. Of course, that doesn’t stop a later administration from using the provision how they see fit.

President Obama says that he expects courts will eventually “agree” with him that indefinite detention provision could not be used on American citizens. But as noted above, his administration is fighting to keep the provision in place.

Just a quick question, does President Obama even listen to what comes out of his own mouth compared to the actions of his administration or does he just believe that Americans are that stupid?